Tag: Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

Big Oil Lobbyists Ask Canadian Government to Put Indigenous Rights on Hold During Coronavirus Pandemic

Published April 21, 2020 News

“Corporations have no business trying to influence and negotiate human and Indigenous rights in this country”

Kenney’s ‘War Room’ Spending ‘About Equal’ To Funds Cut From Calgary Schools

Published December 12, 2019 Analysis

'As I understand it that is an annual budget' its director said

Liberal Minister’s new Chief of Staff was a speaker on Ezra Levant’s ‘climate skeptic’ boat cruise?

Published December 3, 2015

The new Chief of Staff to Canada's Minister of Natural Resources used to be the head of communications for the oil industry's lobby group?

Big Oil’s inside track in Ottawa spelled out in black and white

Published February 24, 2014

Wouldn’t it be nice to be given copies of early drafts of government plans to provide edits and feedback? Internal documents from Natural Resources Canada, released to PressProgress under access to information, show that’s the kind of access the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) enjoys. Last July was a particularly active one, the records […]

The slippery reach of Big Oil’s PR machine

Published February 5, 2014

The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers seems to be everywhere these days, selling the idea that the rapid development of the tar sands without federal emissions regulations constitutes a “balanced” approach. The group represents big oil companies operating in Canada, so there’s no shortage of money to spend to try and shape the debate […]

Rex Murphy and Big Oil: friends with benefits?

Published February 4, 2014

Rex Murphy has long admired Canada’s oil and gas industry from afar, it seemed. Like the protagonist in William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, Murphy has delivered many romantic soliloquies to the tar sands from his weekly soapbox on The National, the flagship news show of Canada’s public broadcaster. And he’s penned many eloquent, passion-stirring opinion pieces […]

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